This is an analysis of the poem The Parcae; Or, Three Dainty Destinies:The Armilet that begins with:
Three lovely sisters working were,
As they were closely set,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXababcXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010100 110101 01110101 0100100 11010110 110011 11111101 011111 110111111 1101100 11111111 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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